Drivers were stunned when an armored car spilled out thousands of dollars onto Interstate 285 around 8 p.
m. in Dunwoody, Georgia.
Police said in a statement posted on Facebook, ‘’Heads up Dunwoody, it’s cloudy with a chance of cash…’’
”Last night around 8:00 PM, Dunwoody officers responded to the area of I-285 west and Ashford Dunwoody Road regarding money flying all over the road. The 911 callers said that 15+ vehicles had stopped and people were frantically taking the money.”
”When our officers arrived, they located an armored car on the right shoulder.
The armored car crew said the side door came open while they were driving and money spilled out onto 285. Officers and the truck crew gathered a few hundred dollars that was still there w”hen officers arrived, but plenty was taken by passerby’s sticky fingers.
The exact amount is currently unknown.
”While we certainly understand the temptation, it’s still theft and the money should be returned. We are thankful there were no crashes or pedestrians struck as a result of this isolated cash storm.”
‘’Have a great Wednesday! (RP)’’
A 26-year-old Randrell Lewis, who was on his way to Alpharetta that night, told the New York Times.
“I just saw a cloud full of what looked like leaves, No, it was money. I could not believe my eyes. I am not going to lie. The first thing I did was I pulled over and started picking up some money. Everybody started pulling over and it was crazy.”
Sgt. Robert Parsons, with Dunwoody police, told the Times that when officers arrived, the drivers had already gone from there.
”People likely saw the police lights coming over the highway,” Parsons said. ”Oops, time to go! Police are here! Party’s over!”
Dunwoody police cleared in the Facebook statement that this matter consider as a theft.
They wrote: ”Yes, it is considered theft. Georgia Code Section: 16-8-6. Theft of lost or mislaid property. A person commits the offense of theft of lost or mislaid property when he comes into control of property that he knows or learns to have been lost or mislaid and appropriates the property to his own use without first taking reasonable measures to restore the property to the owner. (AS)”
So, believe it or not, some people have been returning the money that fell from the armored car on I-285. We understand it was a bizarre occurrence, but do the right thing and return the money. (RP)
Posted by Dunwoody Police Department on Wednesday, July 10, 2019
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”While we certainly understand the temptation, it’s still theft and the money should be returned,” police said. “We are thankful there were no crashes or pedestrians struck as a result of this isolated cash storm.”
”Believe it or not, some people have been returning the money that fell from the armored car on I-285,” officers wrote in a follow-up Facebook post. “We understand it was a bizarre occurrence, but do the right thing and return the money.”